2018年秋《外贸函电》期末考试复习题

2018年秋《外贸函电》期末考试复习题

一、单项选择题（本大题共40小题，每小题3分，共120分）

1. ________ and technology make one product less expensive for a nation to manufacture than another.

A. Source

B. Resources

C. Money

D. Cash

2. A ________ is a business with one owner.

A. sole proprietorship

B. partnership

C. corporation

D. joint venture

3. ________ means that the owner loses only the money he has put into the company and no more. He does not have to sell personal belongings.

A. Limited liability

B. Unlimited liability

C. Partnership

D. Corporation

4. Inc. (Incorporated) is especially used in the USA, and ________ continues to be used worldwide for private limited companies whose shares are not available.

A. Cop

B. Cor

C. Ultd

D. Ltd

5. PLC (Public Limited Company) is now often used t o show that the company’s shares can be bought by the ________.

A. owner

B. public

C. shareholder

D. beneficiary

6. Centralized management is exercised by a small number of people, the Board of Directors, which is headed by the Chairman (or, in the USA, the President) and decides the overall policy of the ________.

A. society

B. family

C. firm

D. world

7. Investment is freely transferable, which means one owner can sell his ownership interests to an ________ without a change in the nature of the business.

A. investor

B. person

C. owner

D. outsider

8. A good business letter usually contains ________ compulsory parts with some optional elements.

A. two

B. six

C. ten

D. one hundred

9. The more popular sequence of dating today is ________.

A. date-month-year

B. year-date-month

C. month-year-date

D. date-year-month

10. ________ is the direct addressing to the receiver of the letter and it is placed below the inside address to actually begin the letter, usually followed by a comma.

A. Salutation

B. Address

C. Date

D. Beginning

11. The letter body can be indented and ________.

A. block

B. blocked

C. dented

D. dent

12. I would like to draw your attention ________ our new detergent powders.

A. forward

B. towards

C. for

D. on

13. We would welcome any further ________ you have, and look forward to hearing from you.

A. advices

B. answers

C. enquiries

D. suggests

14. As ________ are exchanged between email boxes, you don’t have to bother about the letterhead and the inside address.

A. emails

B. faxes

C. SMS

D. letters

15. Any exporter who wants to sell his products in a foreign country or countries must first ________ a lot of market research.

A. instruct

B. destruct

C. conduct

D. induct

16. The _______ price in our market is $8 per case.

A. prevalence

B. prevailing

C. prevailed

D. prevail

17. A copy of the packing list should be attached to the outside of a package in a ________ envelope marked “packing list enclosed”.

A. oversized

B. orange

C. waterproof

D. apparent

18. I would like to know if it is possible to make ________ online.

A. shipping

B. bought

C. price

D. purchases

19. We are now writing to you to ________ long-term trade relations.

A. publish

B. establish

C. protect

D. lavish

20. We are sure you will find a ________ sale for our products in Canada as our other retailers through Europe and the USA.

A. tough

B. rough

C. bad

D. ready

21. Please let us know if we may be ________ further assistance.

A. for

B. of

C. to

D. at

22. We would be ________ if you could send us full details about your products.

A. wonderful

B. hopeful

C. regretful

D. grateful

23. If your prices are competitive and your goods ________ to our standard, we shall order on a regular basis.

A. up

B. below

C. about

D. in

24. We find it impossible to ask our end users to ________ the delayed delivery.

A. receive

B. allow

C. refuse

D. accept

25. ________ you be ready to reduce your price by 3%, we might come to business.

A. Should

B. Ought

C. Will

D. Ought to